power house of the cell and produces and supplies the
What is the mitochondria?
cell with energy(ATP production)
a network of membranous tubules within the cytoplasm
of a eukaryotic cell, continuous with the nuclear
What is the endoplasmic
membrane. It usually has ribosomes attached and is
reticulum?
involved in protein and lipid synthesis.
(protein (rough ER),Steroid synthesis (smooth ER) )
Another membrane of the cell which is used for
What is the golgi
transportation throughout the cell
apparatus?
(packaging and transporting proteins)
What are lysosomes? cleaning up cell debris
What are the types of diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion
passive transport?
What is osmosis? movement of water across a membrane
Movement across a membrane, under pressure, from
What is filtration?
higher to lower pressure, no energy required
What are the types of active protein pumps, endocytosis, exocytosis
transport?
What in the purpose of the It is a transport pump for Na+/K+ for nerve conduction
sodium/potassium pump?
What is endocytosis used take in large molecules
for?
What is exocytosis? materials are exported out of the cell (energy required)
What are the types of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids
macromolecules?
, What is a macromolecule? a molecule containing a very large number of atoms
What are the types monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides
carbohydrates?
What are glucose, fructose, galactose
monosaccharides?
What is a monosaccharide? single sugar
What is fructose? fruit sugar
What is galactose? "milk sugar" found in lactose
What is glucose? blood sugar
What is a disaccharide? two monosaccharides joined together
What are the types of sucrose, lactose, maltose
disaccharides?
What is lactose? milk sugar
What is sucrose made of? fructose and glucose
What is maltose composed two glucose molecules
of?
What are the types of starch, glycogen, cellulose(fiber)
polysaccharides?
What is polysaccharides? long chain of monosaccharides, many sugars,
It is a stored formed of glucose/energy manufactured by
What is glycogen?
the liver
What is starch? storage form of glucose in plants
A substance (made of sugars) that is common in the cell
What is cellulose?
walls of many organisms,(fiber)
What are the types of lipids triglycerides, phospholipids, steroids
?
What is a lipid? fats and oils
What is triglycerides? glycerol and 3 fatty acids
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